And that right there is exactly why I can't stand the alternative scene. It’s incredibly exclusionary, and honestly, it operates on the exact same dogmatic principles that they love to criticize in mainstream medicine. There are exceptions, sure, but most of the time, it's just more of the same.
I don't think blood pressure is the issue here. I struggle with low blood pressure myself, and during the summer months, my readings tend to dip way below the normal range.
Honestly, I’m looking for some survival tips on how to deal with this heat. If anyone has any advice, please share it here so I don't end up cluttering the forum with another thread. 😁
And before you even start, please don't suggest I just spend my entire day at the beach. That's simply not an option for me—and quite frankly, sleeping in the ocean isn't exactly practical either. 😁
I can't really give you a foolproof formula, but even if I’m not walking around half-naked, I’ll happily rock a mini skirt in the dead of winter—and don't even get me started on hats; I absolutely despise them. For me, that crisp, chilly winter air feels just right. Honestly, most of what you described sounds completely alien to me. On the flip side, summer absolutely kills me. I’ve actually ended up in the ER during the summer months before. I can't stand the intense sun, the heat, or that suffocating humidity. My only lifeline is air conditioning and staying tucked away in a climate-controlled room. Stepping outside is pure misery. So, there you have it. I haven't found a solution either, unless I just pack my bags and move somewhere where the temperature never climbs above 65.
Personally, I’m all for having just one outgoing server option. Most of the time, I’m using my AOL account to send everything, even though I juggle several different addresses. On those rare occasions when I end up jumping on an AT&T connection, it’s much easier to just change the setting in one single place rather than hunting through every individual mail account to update them one by one. And then, of course, I have to remember to switch them all back later. It’s not exactly a crisis, but it’s just more busywork than it needs to be.
Is this happening on specific sites, or is it just everything? If it’s just certain ones, drop a link here or shoot me a DM so I can test it out myself. I'm running the exact same version.
(To wasn't the Mozilla Firefox that brightrider8 was talking about, just plain old Mozilla)
Jonathan Reed4 said:The shot happens two months before flu season hits, so the virus isn't even floating around yet. Are you sure you didn't just catch the flu?😕
It’s definitely possible. And honestly, I don't think I'm the only one this has happened to.
Just to clarify, I was perfectly healthy both times. The first time, I wondered if there was any connection to the vaccine at all; the second time, I was convinced there was. The worst part is that I’ve never had such a brutal bout of the flu, neither before nor after. It wasn't just a couple of days of feeling off, either—it dragged on for weeks.
I’ve gone through the vaccination process twice now. Both times, about ten days later, I was sidelined by the absolute worst flu imaginable. Now, look, I’m no stranger to catching the flu—it happens—but these two instances were on a completely different level of misery. It was brutal. So, that's it for me. I'm done with shots.
driftingnomad68 said:The issue stems from the adbeat.com server failing to respond to requests, leaving the browser hanging there for about 50 seconds.
I’m hoping Mr. X actually takes a look at this. He was being pretty "stubborn" about insisting that wasn't what was happening here. 😁
Exactly, but he’s causing issues again, and this isn't even the first time—it was just a little less painful last time. Look, the system tells me everything is fine and shows it's connecting to him, then it just hangs right there. The second I block him, everything runs perfectly. So, yeah, the conclusion is pretty much staring us in the face.
I’m definitely on the same page as Jose Miller3. I mean, just take a look at what’s actually taking forever to load. In my Chrome browser, it explicitly shows it’s trying to connect to adblocker.com, and it just sits there forever. Once I added that to my adblocker, everything smoothed right out.
delija: I’m not saying for sure, but I can’t help but wonder if, after all this, you ever thought about just calling in sick and taking a leave of absence, or...
No. Not even a passing thought. Honestly, I already had a few other job offers on the table, so I knew roughly when I’d be walking out those doors at this firm. Taking medical leave would have been a disaster, really. I don't believe in leaving a mess behind me. My only real priority was wrapping up my current projects as fast as possible so I could finally decide where I was headed next.
I hadn't given illness a single thought, let alone considered it, yet there I was—getting hit by it consistently right after work, even if I had to clock in again tomorrow.
I once spent some time working at a company where the office politics were just completely broken. It was a disaster zone; you could practically see the stress hanging in the air like smog. Eventually, things got so toxic I couldn't take it anymore. Every single night after I got home from work, I’d start running a fever north of 102 degrees. (Mind you, I almost never get sick. Even when I have a brutal flu, I can usually just power through it without a fever.) So, the first time it happened after a shift, I stayed home the next day, and by the following morning, I felt perfectly fine. Then I went back to work, and boom—the fever returned. I stayed home again, and it was the same story. On Friday, I actually made it through the workday without a single symptom. I thought I was finally over it, until Monday evening hit and there it was again. I did a thousand different tests, ran every diagnostic under the sun, and everything came back spotless. For an entire month, I bounced from specialist to specialist, feeling physically healthy but unable to work. And then, the moment I prepared to head back to that office? Right on schedule, the fever returned that evening. The only logical conclusion was that my body was reacting to the sheer stress of that environment. I ended up taking a month of medical leave, jumped ship for a new company, and the fever vanished instantly, like it never even existed.